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Historical Event on 3/20/1951
Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 7/1/1856 | In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. |
| 7/22/1997 | Govt. issues notification saying that Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 would come into force from Sept. 15. |
| 8/15/1997 | K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament. |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 10/19/1888 | Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
| 10/1/1854 | Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 4/17/1998 | BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes. |
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